A University of Cincinnati partnership is reporting a significant leap forward in health diagnostics that are more accurate than what’s available today, yet considerably less invasive than something like a blood screening. Read more:

$3 Million Donation Establishes Scholarship Program. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor in the form of a $3 million gift, UC has established the Mantei/Mae Award scholarship program for undergraduate students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing Systems.

Yuguang Liu, from the BioMicroSystems Lab, was awarded the 2014 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) grant. The Sigma Xi GIAR program has a highly competitive application process and only approximately 20% of applicants receive any level of funding.

Ian Papautsky leads a team of University of Cincinnati researchers who have developed a point-of-care sensor to measure metal levels in humans. His efforts as principal investigator of the project earned him a nomination in this year's Cincinnati Business Courier Innovation Awards.

Jacob Wells won the 'Mr. Engineer' award at SWE's fundraising event, and donated his cash prize back to SWE!